IJME - Use of portfolios in teaching communication skills and professionalism for Portuguese-speaking medical students

Table 2. Proportion of Participation in the Free Reflective Writing (FRW) Activity According to the University

Portfolio Activity	Participation	University					p-value (chi-square**)
		1	2	3	4	Total
		n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Subjects Achieving FRW	yes	10(50)	6(50)	6(20)^*	5(71.4)^*	27 (39)	0.026³
Subjects Achieving FRW	no	10(50)	6(50)	24(80)	2 (28.6)	50 (61)

University 1, 2 and 3 are the Brazilians universities and University 4 is the Portuguese University.^*The difference was between the frequency of achievement between University 4 and University 3; ^**The p-value was considered statistically significant when lower than 0.05.

Int J Med Educ. 2020; 11:37-46; doi: 10.5116/ijme.5e2a.fa68